Posted by Fred Steiner on September 3, 2020 - 11:39am
Rhodes State College, Lima, announced its 2020 summer dean’s list. To be eligible, students need to have earned a 3.5 grade point average or higher and complete at least six credit hours.
Bluffton students on the list are:
Guy Michael Crawford
Braeden Ty Edwards
Matthew Logan Foust
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 3, 2020 - 11:27am
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 N. Main St., Jenera, has a new fall schedule.
In-person Sunday services are at 8 and 10:30 a.m. with Bible classes for teens and adults at 9:20 a.m.
There will be no in-person Sunday School for children, but beginning Sunday, Sept. 13, Bible lessons, taught by experienced teachers, are available free via YouTube. The lessons begin with creation.
To access these lessons, visit nph.net/ss-at-home. The videos for Pre-K through grade 4 are about 12 minutes long. The videos for grades 5-8 are about 25 minutes long.
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 3, 2020 - 11:04am
“What does it mean to be happy? Do we have a right to be happy? Do I deserve to be happy?”
Dr. Jackie Wyse-Rhodes, assistant professor of religion and campus pastor at Bluffton University, posed these questions during her Aug. 25 Forum presentation, “Deserving Happiness: A Wisdom Conversation.”
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 3, 2020 - 10:58am
Leland and Joanne (Buhler) Voth celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on Sept. 2, 2020.
They were married at First Mennonite Church, Bluffton, in 1950, and have four children Nancy (Jerry) Suter of Pandora, David (Laura) Voth of Bluffton, Pam (Merlin) Shank of Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Kevin (Sandra) Voth of Alpharetta, Georgia.
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 3, 2020 - 10:51am
The Icon's listing of awards at the Allen County Fair did not include Rebekah Hoff's awards received from her two goats with the Future Shepherds 4-H Club. Those awards follow:
Champion - Market Goat Rate of Gain
1st place - Market Goat Meat Class (92 lbs. and above)
2nd place - Senior Goat Showmanship
3rd place - Market Goat Meat Class (84-86 lbs.)
5th place - Market Goat Rate of Gain (for her other goat)
6th place - Sr. Division of Livestock Judging